____________________________ Date _______________ Chapter #2 Review Questions Transplantations and Borderlands IDENTIFCATION Briefly identify the meaning and significance of the following terms: Anne Hutchinson James Oglethorpe Navigation Acts Theocracy Antinomianism John Smith Pequot War Virginia House of Burgesses Bacon’s Rebellion John Winthrop Plymouth Plantation William Bradford Dominion of New England King Philip’s War Powhatan William Penn George & Cecilius
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Chapter 18: The Age of the City 1)The Urbanization of America a)The Life of the City i)Urban pop increased 7x in 50 yrs after Civil War‚ by 1920 majority of ppl lived in urban areas. Occurred partly b/c of natural growth‚ mostly b/c immigrants and rural ppl flocked b/c offered better paying jobs than rural areas‚ cultural experiences available‚ transportation to cities easier than ever b)Migrations i)Late 19th century saw geographic mobility- Americans left declining Eastern agricultural regions
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The South and the Slavery Controversy "Cotton Is King!" Eli Whitney’s 1793 cotton gin invention revolutionized the Southern economy. Added to mechanical jennies to spin yarn‚ power looms to weave‚ and sewing machines to sew‚ the demand (and profits) for cotton fiber skyrocketed. Southerners scrambled to plant more cotton. The land was usually worn out then discarded ("land butchery"). The result was a Southern thirst for still more land. The demand for slaves to work the land also increased
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Abigail Adams | Accomplishments of the First Congress | Albany Plan of Union | Alexander Hamilton | American Revolution (Major battles‚ turning points) | American System of Manufacturing | Articles of Confederation (successes‚ failures/weaknesses) | Bacon’s Rebellion | Boston Massacre | Boundaries of America (1783‚ 1803) | Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge | Common Sense - Thomas Paine | Commonwealth v. Hunt | Constitutional Convention/Debate (major issues
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THE SHAPE OF EARLY AMERICA A. Early American Settlers • Came from the British Isles • Puritans who settled in Massachusetts • Wealthy Royalist cavaliers and their indentured servants migrated to Virginia • Quakers migrated to the Delaware Valley colonies of West Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware B. British folkways brought to the New World • People in the South prefer fried foods- same as southern and western England • People in the hollows of Appalachia who manufactured “moonshine” are
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During this time period there were many lives lost from bad ventilation‚ it had been so bad that it lost more people’s lives than a modern war. Now adult life are in jeopardy with them being shortened. From the smoke in the factories going in the air and lungs of people. Chadwick‚ Edwin. Report Of The Sanitary Conditions Of The Laboring Population Of Great Britain. On Line‚ 1842. Document three‚ where the first sentence can be found. The Graphic. Weekly magazine dealing with social issues‚1870. In
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Chapter 30: Conservative Resurgence‚ Economic Woes‚ Foreign Challenges ‘74-89 (I thought we were done reading! ) Personal Pursuits and Diversions: Yuppies (young urban professionals) were all about fitness/consumerism: labeled the “Me Generation” for selfishness Jaws‚ Rocky‚ Star Wars‚ disco‚ Disney World‚ Super Bowl‚ cable TV‚ punk rock (SEX PISTOLS!) Stuff like Springsteen’s “Darkness at the Edge of Town”‚ movies Nashville and Chinatown showed problems/corruption Changing Gender Roles
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England in the late eighteenth – early nineteenth century Major World Events * 1810s – 1820s – Latin American wars of independence which saw many colonies in the region gain independence‚ freeing themselves from Spanish and Portuguese empires * 1810 – University of Berlin was founded and among its students and faculty were Hegel and Marx * 1812 – The French invasion of Russia‚ which led to‚ the eventual defeat of Napoleon’s French empire leading to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy
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The American Revolution was very revolutionary because t changed so many things in America. For example‚ it changed the monarchial society they once had into a republic‚ gave political significance to the middle class that they didn’t have before‚ and a big influence was the invention of writing a constitution. The American Revolution was very revolutionary because it changed the monarchial society they once had in the colonies to a republic. Since the start‚ colonies have been under british control
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| | Study Outline Chapter 12: The Presidency I. Presidents and prime ministers A. Characteristics of parliaments 1. Parliamentary system twice as common 2. Chief executive chosen by legislature 3. Cabinet ministers chosen from among members of parliament 4. Prime minister remains in power as long as his or her party or coalition maintains a majority in the legislature B. Differences 5. Presidents are often outsiders; prime ministers
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